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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ife Edwards (ranked 62 p4p, 123 weight class) and Baldur Torsten (ranked 11 p4p, 19 weight class). Edwards comes to the cage accompanied by Damian Marley - Road to Zion. Torsten comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Temple of Odin kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ife Edwards!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Baldur Torsten!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Edwards has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Casa Steel in the buildup to the fight.
Edwards throws out a loose jab but Torsten uses good head movement to avoid it.
Edwards displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torsten throws out the jab.
Edwards throwing a counter right hand but Torsten manages to avoid it.
Torsten displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Edwards throws out the jab.
Edwards backing away here, and Torsten unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Jab by Torsten.
It looks like Ife Edwards has been cut.
Torsten takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Edwards misses with a leg kick.
Torsten tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edwards jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torsten throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick by Edwards misses
and Torsten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Torsten moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like Baldur Torsten has been cut.
Torsten looks to score with a jab to the body but Edwards is just out of range.
It looked like Edwards wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torsten tries to land a leg kick but Edwards saw it coming and moves away.
Torsten lands a leg kick that knocks Edwards off balance momentarily.
Torsten takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Torsten bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A swing and a miss from Edwards.
A little jabbing left from Torsten on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Torsten is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Edwards.
Edwards misses with a wild body shot.
Torsten misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Edwards misses its target.
Edwards misses the jab.
Torsten lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torsten moves out of range as Edwards strikes.
Torsten ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torsten slips a straight right by Edwards.
Torsten bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Edwards swings for the body but Torsten moves out of range.
Edwards slips under a jab.
Torsten moves away from the strike by Edwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edwards misses with a straight right.
Edwards looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Torsten misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Edwards misses the target.
Torsten connects with a solid leg kick.
Torsten lands an overhand right.
Torsten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Edwards sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Edwards misses the target.
Edwards avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edwards steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Torsten.
A quick step to the side and Edwards tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torsten looks to land a left hand but Edwards moved out of range nicely.
Torsten throws a body punch but Edwards moves out of range.
Edwards throws a body punch but Torsten moves out of range.
Torsten walks into a stiff left hand from Edwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards missing with a left hand there. Torsten was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Torsten tries a quick counter leg kick but Edwards is wise to it.
Torsten fails in his attempt to clinch.
Torsten throws a hook to the side of Edwards's head but Edwards sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A cross from Edwards lands.
Edwards pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Edwards throws a lazy uppercut
and Torsten finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torsten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Edwards.
Torsten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Edwards has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Torsten thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Edwards if he has to take too many more of those.
The fighters circling - Torsten throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Baldur Torsten will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Edwards misses with a wild body shot.
A lazy left from Edwards finds it's target.
Torsten swings for the body but Edwards moves out of range.
Torsten lands with an uppercut that bounces Edwards off the cage and back into range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Edwards.
Edwards takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Torsten jabs Edwards to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torsten looks to land a left hand but Edwards moved out of range nicely.
Edwards blocks the body kick.
Edwards misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torsten lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Torsten dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Edwards fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Torsten.
Edwards on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Torsten fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Edwards on the side of the head.
Edwards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Torsten.
Torsten looks to land a body kick but Edwards moved away.
Edwards misses the body punch
and Edwards takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Edwards throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torsten replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Edwards blocks it well.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Edwards might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Torsten delivers a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torsten lands a big uppercut and Edwards crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Edwards looks OK. Torsten waves Edwards back to his feet!
Edwards is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Edwards slips under a jab from Torsten.
Oh Edwards is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Torsten lands with a thumping leg kick.
Edwards seems to have got his legs back now.
Torsten throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Edwards counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torsten throws a push kick but Edwards slaps the foot to one side.
An attempted straight right counter from Edwards misses the target.
Torsten delivers a nice body kick.
Nice shot by Torsten.
Edwards gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Torsten gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baldur Torsten!
Baldur Torsten is the new light heavyweight champion!
An out of breath Baldur Torsten thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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